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EPISTLE OF ALEXANDER TO PORUS. I I I<br />

"not even the deepest, darkest places of the earth; The majesty<br />

"He knoweth the things which we hide secretly,<br />

"and the things which we do in the light; He is<br />

"the Creator of the whole world, and the Maker<br />

"of the universe, and besides Him there existeth<br />

"no other god. Behold now, inasmuch as He hath<br />

"set me in a wide place I desire neither to lay<br />

"waste the earth nor to shed the blood [of the<br />

"people thereof], nay, I would rather stablish the<br />

"earth and would make strong the mighty work<br />

"thereof Let him that would deal with violence<br />

"with me receive the words from me. And,"<br />

<strong>Alexander</strong> continued to say unto Porus, "send thine<br />

"answer' unto me speedily by the hand of my<br />

"messenger, and I will make answer unto thee<br />

"quickly likewise. For, behold, I gathered together The defeat<br />

"my troops after [the battle with] Darius the king, ^<br />

"who was slain, and God Almighty destroyed him<br />

"by my hands and blotted out the Persians. And<br />

"I have delivered my judgments among them, and<br />

"I have given unto them some of my generals,<br />

"and God Almighty hath given unto me the trea-<br />

"sures which they had laid up. Be then wise and<br />

"understanding, and be not puffed up and say,<br />

"'I will reduce this Greek servant to slavery, and<br />

"I will give him service to perform', for, behold,<br />

"I say unto thee that thou shalt receive [this<br />

"slavery] from me. And, as it is neither meet nor<br />

"right for any [king] to invade the territory of<br />

^ Read (\}\(D'^h1-h '<br />

of the Per-<br />

sians.

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